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E W Godwin, an Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement walnut centre or dining table

Creator: Edward William Godwin
Offered by: Puritan Values Ltd

Description
Depth: 50.39" || Creator: Edward William Godwin || E. W. Godwin, attributed. Probably made by Collinson and Lock. An Anglo-Japanese Aesthetic Movement walnut centre or dining table, with a large circular top with a shaped apron below, on six flaring turned legs, united by six radiating spoke stretchers to a central open ring. See : Art Furniture from Designs by E. W. Godwin, F. S. A. , London, 1877, plate 12 for a similar eight-legged example. Lionel Lambourne, The Aesthetic Movement, London, 1996, page 159, illustrated. Susan Weber Soros, The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin, New Haven, 2001, pp. 149, 151-152 for similar examples, page 150, cat no. 214, illustrated. A pencil and gouache drawing for a similar eight-legged version in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. For a comparable seven leg example (which I have shown here in the last image). See Sotheby's sale 5th February 2019 : THE FINE ART SOCIETY: 142 YEARS ON NEW BOND STREET: Lot 40.

More Information

Documentation:	Ample Provenance
Period:	19th Century
Condition:	Good. Condition consistent with age and use.
Creation Date:	1875
Styles / Movements:	Traditional
Dealer Reference #:	PV004692
Incollect Reference #:	805126

Dimensions

W.	50.39 in;	H.	27.95 in;	D.	50.39 in;
W.	127.99 cm;	H.	70.99 cm;	D.	127.99 cm;

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